Definition of Enmesh

1. Verb. Entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh.

Exact synonyms: Ensnarl, Mesh
Generic synonyms: Entangle, Mat, Snarl, Tangle
Derivative terms: Mesh

Definition of Enmesh

1. v. t. To catch or entangle in, or as in, meshes.

Definition of Enmesh

1. Verb. To mesh; to tangle or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated, particularly in a mesh or net like manner. ¹

2. Verb. To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult ¹

3. Verb. To involve in difficulties. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Enmesh

1. to ensnare or entangle in a net [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enmesh

enlocked
enlocking
enlocks
enlumine
enlumined
enlumines
enlute
enluted
enlutes
enluting
enmanché
enmarble
enmarbled
enmarbles
enmarbling
enmesh (current term)
enmeshed
enmeshes
enmeshing
enmeshment
enmeshments
enmew
enmewed
enmewing
enmews
enmilden
enmildens
enmired
enmist
enmisted

Literary usage of Enmesh

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Othello: A Tragedy in Five Acts by William Shakespeare, Tommaso Salvini, James Henry Mapleson (1876)
"So will I turn her virtue into pitch ; And out of her own goodness make the net That shall enmesh them all. ..."

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